D. Scarlatti Sonata K.197

[bateria]

Learning this piece and noticed on Chu-Fang Huang's recording she plays a higher note in m.30 than in m.29. My sheet music has the same note on both measures. Also, the ending I have written is only octaves but her recording has the added inner "voicings" adding the minor 3rd.
Is this a personal "touch" to the piece or are there various manuscripts with different details?

[outin]

Those who use the Longo editions often play different notes because Longo "corrected" much in the Sonatas. Scarlatti made unconventional choices which where assumed to be mistakes. Longo also added voices because Scarlatti often drops his voices and lets them return later. His music really wasn't understood by some scholars. But there are later editions that are consistent with the original manuscripts, so you will hear different versions.

It seems my Henle and Fadini editions have different measure numbering, so I am not sure which measure you mean?

When it comes to "filling" harmonies with "missing" voices, I would not, since it is quite clearly not what Scarlatti intented.

[bateria]

Thanks for your reply "outin".

The sheet music I have is the CD Sheet Music (tm) which is numbered according to Longo but I believe is not taken from a "corrected" edition.

Since "Spanish" music naturally incorporates repeated notes and phrases I can understand how unconventional that could seem to some musicologists. Thus changing notes to make the music more "interesting".
Also noticed on Chu-Fang Huang's recording that along the added notes at the end, the melody was switched to a higher octave than written. The "need" to establish major or minor status of the piece is not necessary at the end; it is already established from what has been played so far!!!

I'm including the Music I have so you'll see. It is #174

[outin]

Thanks for your reply "outin".

The sheet music I have is the CD Sheet Music (tm) which is numbered according to Longo but I believe is not taken from a "corrected" edition.

Since "Spanish" music naturally incorporates repeated notes and phrases I can understand how unconventional that could seem to some musicologists. Thus changing notes to make the music more "interesting".
Also noticed on Chu-Fang Huang's recording that along the added notes at the end, the melody was switched to a higher octave than written. The "need" to establish major or minor status of the piece is not necessary at the end; it is already established from what has been played so far!!!

I'm including the Music I have so you'll see. It is #174

What you have is the Longo edition which has numerous differences to the original manuscripts. If you pm me, I can send you scans of more original editions.

Decoration is fine and improvisation belonged to the Baroque era, but personally I don't think it's even possible to make Scarlatti's music much more interesting by changing notes